Clinton aide links Trump campaign to Russian email hacking
Source: The Associated Press
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and JULIE PACE
Oct. 12, 2016 4:10 AM EDT
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton's top adviser said the FBI is investigating Russia's possible role in hacking thousands of his personal emails, an intrusion he said Donald Trump's campaign may have been aware of in advance.
If true, the assertion from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta would amount to an extraordinary link between Russia and an American presidential campaign. Podesta said the alleged ties could be driven either by Trump's policy positions, which at times echo the Kremlin, or the Republican's "deep engagement and ties with Russian interests in his business affairs."
To Podesta, the central figure in the swirling controversy is longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone, who has said he has been in touch with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Podesta also raised as evidence an August tweet in which Stone said Podesta's "time in the barrel" was coming. The tweet was sent shortly after WikiLeaks published scores of hacked emails from other Democratic officials.
"I think it's a reasonable assumption, or at least a reasonable conclusion, that Mr. Stone and the Trump campaign had advance warning about what Assange was going to do," Podesta told reporters aboard the Clinton campaign plane. Podesta acknowledged the evidence was "circumstantial."
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Yes it be, and let's make the most of it!
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The Republican role model's embrace of the "evil empire" speaks volumes about the degeneracy of the Republican Party and its ongoing campaign against America and democracy.
The DNC hack has to come to the fore at some point before the election. Once it gets a bit more analysis, the narrative will shift from the "Russians did it" disinformation to motive and evidence. it is obvious who had motive. What they did not expect was getting caught. What the public saw was only what happened AFTER they got caught. Everything that came out did so in the context of the perps trying to avoid getting identified. Who pushed the "Russians and Putin" narrative?
Don't let the intelligence agencies concern about outside actors hacking elections divert you. What did you expect of them, that they would release a public statement saying we need to be aware of Republican hacker attempts? They can't do that and yet they had to alert all election officials about security needs in a way that would get some response, not partisan obstruction and political blowback.
Republicans did it is the only reasonable conclusion, frankly.
And, as they look further probably links to right-wing disruption groups in other NATO allied nations.
Brexit, anyone? 
